Archdiocese of Bombay
Bombayen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bombay, India
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering Mumbai, India, established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Bombay in 1820 and elevated to archdiocese on 1 September 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Name in Mumbai, with Nashik, Poona and Vasai as suffragan dioceses. Its patrons are St. Gonsalo Garcia and St. Francis Xavier.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 September 1886
- Latin
- Bombayen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Gonsalo Garcia and St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000924
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 483,534
- Population
- 21,908,027
- Catholic share
- 2.2%
- Priests
- 570
- Catholics per priest
- 848
- Extent
- 10,103 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- John Rodrigues
- Born
- 21 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Mumbai
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai stands in Bombay, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bombay
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of NashikNashik
- Diocese of PoonaPoona
- Diocese of VasaiVasai
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see in Bombay (Mumbai), the Archdiocese of Bombay is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church covering the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra, India. The Cathedral of the Holy Name is its cathedral, and it also administers an important minor basilica, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount in the Bandra suburb of Bombay. As of 2006 the archdiocese counted 277 diocesan priests, 283 religious priests, 383 male religious brothers and 1,530 religious sisters.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].